Shrek Forever After (2010)

So Shrek Forever After.

It's a movie that also get ignored by the audience. While yes, I don't think it's as good as the first and second but I'll take this movie any time over Shrek the Third. That makes Forever After look bad, I wish that movie was never born!

I also remembered playing the Ds game by Ubisoft (the worst video game company known to man).

In fact the movie don't think Shrek the Third was never born because this movie is kind of like a soft reboot. For some reason I always think as a kid Arthur is at the end scene in the puddles but upon re-watching it it's just a guy in a red clothing. So no, nobody is smart but me! Before I want to say anything else, I completely forgot that I've done over 100 reviews in my Shrek the Third review, but who cares since Shrek Forever After steal the spot light.

But anyways without a further-a-do let's get into it:

To start things short, about the animation. I want to point out because sure there isn't much to talk about because the Shrek movies don't really have the most ground-breaking animation in the world but to be fair, for a movie from 2010 the animation looks pretty good, the texture and the lighting is not too bad.

Also, "Do the Roar" always cracks me up. You will not get me. Speaking of humour, I forgot how funny the comedy is and that's mainly the villain.

Rumpelstiltskin: He's the best character in the whole movie, but jokes and quotos aside I do think he's a pretty good villain being he wants revenage because Harold didn't signed the contract to him and therefore can't rule Far Far Away. He's a pretty imitating villain because the power of the contract, even before he got the power, he manage to convince Shrek to sign the contract where the day you are a mindless, little baby. He's a simple but entertaining one but so is Donkey and Puss, which I do think the movie gives them a bigger role here and I love the new characters, Cookie in particular.

Puss eats Gingerbread man is the funniest thing in the world. Do I need to say more?

I think the movie's best part is the characters. In this movie, they make the characters way more emtionally driving, particularly Shrek. The movie drop us off as him (now a dad with kids) have to take care but he never gets a break or be like an real orger because he spend so much time if not months of doing the same thing repeated over and over again.

Okay this is the part where everyone don't run away but instead criticize how unlikable Shrek is. For my defence, he's an orger and one of he's define trait is the anger. I don't like when characters become so overly nice that it flannerised them too much unless they are establish as nice heroes then that's passable (e.g Superman).

But say like Sonic. I love he's auttiude, yeah he's a hero but that dosen't mean you take away he's (kinda) rude auttuide (really to his foe's). If you just make Sonic just nice it's really bland but if he's overly cocky he's annoying.

My point is, is that I think the scene where Shrek gets so fed up on his life, because he's anger controlled him and point of our lives our anger got us uncontrollable that it derails we say.

But anways, After signing the contract, at first he seems happy of being an real orger, what makes it relatable is because at point we want to go back to our old life we once have, say like your collage years was the best in the world but since your in a different place you wanted to go back and re-live those memories. Halfway to the movie, Shrek realised because he never exist and because he never recue Fiona, he knows at that point it's too late now to save his family.

After finding Fiona (with a rough start) he gets to fall in love with Fiona again but Fiona because she never was recued, she agrues why did you save her from the dragons den and also why did you leave her? But at the last scene (not the last, last scene) where Shrek's time is almost up and Shrek scarfice himself and talks about his life, he did this for Fiona and everyone he loves. Including Donkey since he was the first character to say his name.

The strongest points is the emtional beats, it goes so hard and particularly when Shrek first ever cried and when he kiss Fiona one last time. Shrek understands that he is an orger but he can't changed who he is before but he can changed what he is now tying up the thematic purpose of accept yourself.

Closing Thoughts: So overall, as I said, I don't think it holds the candle to the excellents to the first and second but I do think the movie can stands on it's two feet of being a more statisfying conclusion and homage. I notice that this movie's plot is actually quite simliar to Shrek the Third but you know, better in every way (in my opinion).

Also this movie is directed by Mike Mitchell, yes you hear me right this movie is directed by Mike Mitchell of all people. This is the only good movie he did but everything is downhill from there.

In conclusion: The Shrek franchise is truly remarkable. Being that it's still remembered and not forgotten to dust like many other animated movies in the 2000's and it's still a beloved franchise because of the cultural impact despite the inconsistant directors is truly impressive.

So that's everything I got to say!